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License to Sit
Posted by
michael
on Tue Feb 13, 2001 02:06 PM
from the laugh-while-you-can dept.
from the laugh-while-you-can dept.
Xunker writes "It's the Next Big Thing(TM) in sitting. Okay, so it's a bit of satire from our own Prof. Steve Mann (of Wearable Computer fame). It's basically a time lock chair -- you must buy a 'seating lisence' to use the chair, and if your lisence expires while you're sitting, spikes pop up to remind you you are no longer allowed to sit there. Oh, yeah, dig the terms and conditions, too."
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Check the EULA on Microsoft Products! (Score:3)
Well ladies, it looks like you can pirate all you want!
License to breath (Score:3)
Terms of Cease
You will know that your license is about to be terminated from the moment you will fell a critical need to breath while you start heavily sweeting, your sightseeing turns blurry and dark and you hear a slight whispering. If can't manage to renew your license in less than 10 minutes maximum, then you may consider your license terminated, however such termination will be of less concern for you.
Yawn... (Score:3)
Still nothing new, there.
For generations, parisian parkgoers were greeted by (litterally!) charwomen ("chaisières") that collected from them a pittance whenever they set their butts down on one of the many loose chairs that were provided for the visitors' convenience...
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Graphical Representation (Score:3)
Mirror located at (Score:3)
Not bad, but... (Score:3)
Scytle
Re:The natural evolution of this... (Score:3)
The natural evolution of this... (Score:3)
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A great idea for classes... (Score:3)
"If I wanted your lip, I'd rattle my zipper..."
Hmmm.. (Score:4)
but mom!!! (Score:4)
What a perfect idea!
Dude, this is way OFFTOPIC... (Score:5)
The toilets there are something out of Star Trek. First, the seat is heated, so no freezing your butt when you get up late at night to do the #2. They sence when you sit on them, and TALK to you (in both Japanese AND English), giving instructions on their use. When you're done, you have the option of having the toilet wash and blow-dry your ass for you. And when you're done, they flush, clean, and disinfect themselves.
And when I say they clean themselves, I don't mean they have that blue bisciut in the tank that drops some perfumed slurry into the bowl when you flush. Nope, toilets in Japan have built in scrubbers that automatically scrub the bowl for you to keep it in pristine condition.
And that's just the low-end model they have in the hotels for us gaijin to use.
I'm told that some of the higher end models in homes over there have on-board equipment that'll analyse your urine and feces for indications of health problems and automatically email your doctor if they detect anything seroiusly amiss, store a history of results for download, etc...
john
Resistance is NOT futile!!!
Haiku:
I am not a drone.
Remove the collective if
Soon to be sued... (Score:5)
Two questions (Score:5)
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More proof (Score:5)
Chairs and MS Products have something in common. (Score:5)